"You will need to get control of the monkey on your back or you will be dead," he told Crabill.

Branch County Circuit Judge Bill O’Grady imposed prison on Crabill for a probation. She was caught using meth just after she took a drug test in probate court in a effort to regain custody of her children.

Stopped for a traffic violation and tested again, she was positive.

The 30-year-old admitted, "I’ve been a hard addict all my life. Maybe (prison) is where I need to go."

Crabill's probation agent Sandra Monihan noted that Crabill continued to smoke or shoot up a variety of drugs — including heroin. Repeated terms of probation for Crabill meant the state had "spent an astronomical amount on the defendant" and nothing worked, Monihan said.

O’Grady told Crabill, "I will have peace of mind knowing you are off the streets."

Crabill was in the midst of a two-year probation term (for attempted possession of heroin) in October 2012 when police came to a residence where she was staying to serve a warrant on another person.

Crabill was hiding in a bedroom where police found a spoon, cotton balls and syringes — all items used to inject heroin.